Definition of Give someone a bloody nose

1. Verb. (idiomatic) to defeat or frustrate someone, but not doing any permanent damage in the process ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Give Someone A Bloody Nose

give rise to
give some skin
give somebody a hand
give somebody a hard time
give somebody a piece of one's mind
give somebody an earful
give somebody pause
give somebody the brush-off
give somebody the cold shoulder
give somebody the heave-ho
give somebody the old heave-ho
give somebody the runaround
give somebody the slip
give somebody what-for
give someone a big head
give someone a bloody nose (current term)
give someone a buzz
give someone a jingle
give someone a ring
give someone five
give someone grief
give someone his head
give someone the business
give someone the chair
give someone the creeps
give someone the eye
give someone the slipper
give someone what for
give something a go

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